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Department of Sociology Spring 2017

Hello Sociologists,

Welcome, welcome, welcome to our Spring 2016 department newsletter. We are always looking for

new ways to reconnect and share with Loyola alumni and current department members. If you have any

new news, old news, or just any news that you’d like to share, please send it to us. Please also feel free to

share any pictures you have with us—we would love to “see” as well as “hear” from you.

As you will see in this newsletter our department is thriving and great things are afoot. Discover

what our students and faculty have been up this academic year. Check out news of recent awards and ac-

complishments.

In addition to receiving your news items, we look forward to hearing comments about the newslet-

ter or your suggestions for features and articles you might like to see. In the meantime, here’s to another

great semester at Loyola and in the Department of Sociology.

Department of Sociology—Loyola University Chicago

http://www.luc.edu/sociology/

Message from the Chair ........................................... 2

Faculty Kudos and Announcements .................... 2-3

Interview with Kerryann DiLoreto ...................... 4-5

Undergraduate News ............................................ 6-7

Undergraduate Opportunities ................................... 8

Graduate Report ................................................. 9-13

Alumni News .................................................. 14-16

Department Photos ................................................ 17

Phil Nyden Retirement........................................... 18

Other Important Dates ........................................... 18

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The calendar year

for faculty, staff

and students in-

volves three and

not four seasons -

- Fall, Spring and

Summer semes-

ters. Midway

through the

Spring 2017 se-

mester, flowers are popping up through the

ground (and sometimes snow), buds are ap-

pearing on the trees, midterms have been tak-

en and graded and thoughts are turning to the

end of the semester, graduation and our third

season, summer.

We have had a busy academic year 2016-

2017 in the Department of Sociology. In ad-

dition to the day to day work of teaching our

classes, conducting research and producing

publications, we have hosted a number of

outside speakers and events. Our students

and faculty have participated in important

events on and off campus in an effort to work

for a more just society.

Since January, the department has seen some

major transitions in the department: the re-

tirement of Ms. Rosa Negussie, program as-

sistant and the hiring of Mr. Anthony Mangi-

ni as the new program assistant. Welcome

Anthony!

Professor Phil Nyden will be retiring at the

end of this semester after 38 years of service

to the department and Loyola. Phil steadily

moved up the ranks from Assistant Professor

to Professor and the founding Director of the

Center for Urban Research and Learning

(CURL). He will be missed but we look for-

ward to hearing stories of travel and contin-

ued community involvement in the years

ahead.

We also mourn the death of Samuel Attoh,

Dean of the Graduate School and tenured

member of the Department of Sociology.

Sam was a tireless advocate for graduate ed-

ucation and was a good friend of the depart-

ment.

In this newsletter, you will read about many

of these accomplishments of our faculty, stu-

dents and alumni. There is much to be proud

of and more to be done. Together (as faculty,

staff and students) we are the Department of

Sociology at Loyola University Chicago.

Message from the Chair

Anne Figert

Michael Agliardo, SJ received a grant to study

“Laudato Si”, the Vatican pronouncement on global

warming.

Dr. Agliardo will be speaking at Villanova Univer -

sity.

Kathleen Dunn and Judson Everitt r eceived sum-

mer research stipends from the University.

Dana Garbarski is an editor ial board member of

Public Opinion Quarterly.

Dr. Garbarski has published an ar ticle in Public

Opinion Quarterly, titled “Research in and Prospects

for the Measurement of Health Using Self-Rated

Health.”

Dr. Garbarski was a co-author for an invited talk

presented at the International Conference on Ques-

tionnaire Design, Development, Evaluation, and Test-

ing (QDET2).

Kudos and Announcements

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Kudos and Announcements Dr. Garbarski (third from r ight

at MAPOR Conference) presented

a talk at the 2016 annual meeting

of the Midwest Association for

Public Opinion Research, and was

a co-author two other presenta-

tions presented at the meeting.

Lauren Langman published a book, God,

Guns, Gold and Glory. Leiden, Nether-

lands: Brill Publishers, 2016.

Dr. Langman’s book Thomas Piketty & Inequality

in the 21st Century (Brill) is in press.

Dr. Langman has signed a contract with Rutledge

for his book Mobilizing for Dignity (co-author Tova

Benski).

Dr. Langman published an ar ticle, “A History of

Alienation, with Devorah Kalekin-Fishman, Encyclo-

pedia of Behavioral and Social Sciences” , Encyclope-

dia of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Elsevier, 2017

Dr. Langman published an ar ticle, “From Aliena-

tion to Reification”, in Bryan Turner, ED, Encyclope-

dia of Social Theory, Wiley-Blackwell; 2017

Dr. Langman published an ar ticle, “The Frankfurt

School of Critical Theory”, (Chapter 21) in Berch Ber-

berlogu, ED, Social Theory: Classical and Contempo-

rary Theories – A Critical Perspective, New York:

Routledge, 2017

Dr. Langman presented at the 3rd ISA Forum of

Sociology in Vienna in July 2016. His presentation

was “Psychoanalyis and American Sociology”.

Dr. Langman also presented “From Legitimation

Crises to Movements to Power,” International Socio-

logical Society, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria,

July 10-14, 2016.

Dr. Langman presented called Dignity and Ressen-

timent: Critical Theory and Nietzsche Conference, San

Diego State University, January 28, 2017.

Elise Martel Cohen will be a moderator at the Chi-

cago Ethnography Conference.

Kelly Moore has been invited to Michigan State

University for a two day scholarly visit. She will teach

a class while at the university.

Peter Rosenblatt is on the editor ial board for Urban

Affairs Review.

Rhys H. Williams, published an ar ticle, “Sociology

of Religion and Religious Studies: Institutional Issues

and Intellectual Concerns.” Symposium. Critical Re-

search on Religion 3 (December 2016) 3: 299-305.

Dr. Williams, presented a paper at the annual meet-

ing of Society for the Scientific Study of Religion enti-

tled “Civil Religion, Immigration, and American Na-

tional Identity” The meeting was in Atlanta, GA in Oc-

tober.

Talmadge Wright was interviewed by the BBC on

the topic “What is play?” (February 9th).

In Memorium

Samuel Attoh was an advocate for graduate education and r esearch and a

tenured member of the Department of Sociology. Dr. Attoh passed away Febru-

ary 2017.

He was the former dean of The Graduate School and associate provost for re-

search at the lakeside campuses. Dr. Attoh co-chaired the Strategic Planning

Committee for nearly two years, which conducted University-wide consulta-

tions that formed the basis of the “Plan 2020: Building a More Just, Humane,

and Sustainable World.”

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Senior Project Director at The University of Wisconsin Survey Center (UWSC)

By Tabinda Dar

Alumnus Kerryann DiLoreto (1999) was interviewed about her position as Senior Project Director

at The University of Wisconsin Survey Center.

How did you first become interested in survey research?

During my junior year at Loyola, the Sociology Department hosted a speaker who discussed careers

in Applied Sociology, including survey research. I had been exposed to surveys and quantitative

data derived from surveys in my undergraduate coursework. This speaker inspired me to look into

survey research organizations in Chicago. I then learned of a paid summer internship at NORC. It

was a competitive national application process for a few internship slots. I felt very fortunate to

have been chosen – and as it happens, it was the launch of my career in survey research.

How did your time at Loyola help prepare you for your career?

My education at Loyola was quite well-rounded. I double majored in Sociology and Philosophy, and completed an

interdisciplinary minor in Religion, Culture, and Society. But I also distinctly recall coursework in other disciplines

such as Biology, Literature, the Antiquities, and foreign language. This prepared me to be somewhat of a generalist

across substantive areas so that I can proficiently discuss research questions with faculty and other clients spanning

many disciplines. Over the course of my career, I’ve run research projects for many clients, including but not limited

to: Faculty in Sociology, Psychology, Neuroscience, Social Work, Forestry, Pharmacy, Microbiology, Public Law,

Urban Planning, Womens Studies, Native American Studies; and Government agencies including the Departments of

Natural Resources, Health and Family Services, and Transportation.

What is a typical day as Senior Project Director at UWSC like?

A typical day is full of variety as I work on 5 – 8 research studies simultaneously. I usually have about 3 -5 meetings

per day, some internal with Survey Center staff, some with current or prospective clients. I work in an academic build-

ing called Sterling Hall in the central part of campus, and as senior staff I do have my own office. I keep my office

door open and field questions from staff and colleagues throughout the day. Because I specialize in CAPI (Computer-

Assisted Personal Interview) studies with field interviewers working remotely around the country, issues arise related

to field protocols or unique situations. The day-to-day seems to boil down to making decisions, trouble-shooting, and

planning. I also help write cost proposals for large or complex field studies and contribute to some journal publica-

tions as a co-author as time allows.

What is the hardest part about conducting survey research?

I pondered this question for a while because I could answer at the level of the survey respondent, at the level of the

research study, or at the macro-level of survey research in general. So from my perspective, it seems to be a three-

pronged answer: With regard to survey respondents, it is very difficult to convert or persuade someone to participate if

they say “I’m just not interested” or “I don’t do surveys”. At the research project level, sometimes the timing or the

arrangement is such that we, the practitioners, are not able to collaborate on the study design to inform it with current

best practices. When this happens, it can be more difficult for us to achieve high response rates. In term of survey

research in general as a field, I think the hardest part is being at the mercy of funders to invest in science.

Some of your recent work, such as the MARS survey data used in Dr. Matthew Desmond’s book Evicted, demon-

strate how small changes in language can have large effects on the quality of data that is collected. Can you speak a

little about the importance of question wording in surveys?

Well, as you can imagine, the answers you receive depend on how you’ve asked the questions – both in terms of ques-

tion wording and mode (e.g., interviewer-administered versus self-administered). There is a vast literature on question

wording and mode effects. With the Milwaukee Area Eviction Study (MARS), we knew that we would have to be

especially careful with how we asked about places of residence, moves, and evictions. For instance, we asked about

places where participants “lived or stayed” as a way to capture a fuller history of moves and mobility. Also, if a par-

ticipant could not recall a specific address of a place they lived or stayed, we asked if they could remember the cross-

roads of the place and recorded that. In this way, the questions were more sensitive to what was really happening in

Interview with Kerryann Di Loreto

Kerryann

DiLoreto

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participants’ lives and thereby yielded higher quality data.

The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) is the most comprehensive long standing cohort study in existence and

has response rates close to 90 percent. Given your experience directing this study, what are some of the best strate-

gies for gaining and maintaining cooperation as well as increasing survey response rate?

Answering this question would force me to reveal trade secrets. Kidding aside, while there are some key strategies and

best practices that we employ to gain and maintain participant cooperation, I would say there is some art to it as well.

As study populations vary, we vary or tailor our approach for each project. However, one commonality is that we al-

ways strike a sincerely appreciative tone when communicating with participants, especially in longitudinal studies.

WLS participants have essentially told us their life stories installment by installment (data collection by data collec-

tion) since completing the first survey in 1957 when they were seniors in high school. We truly are incredibly appre-

ciative of their continued participation and willingness to advance social science research by sharing a huge body of

information, including survey data, physical measurements, biomarkers, and administrative data linkages.

In the WLS study, researchers gather DNA samples from respondents. Can you elaborate a bit about how you are

able to gain cooperation and trust to this degree?

As far as we know, the WLS is the longest-running study of such a large size and scope. We’ve built trust and rapport

with WLS participants over many years. Also, we designed an effort that minimized burden on participants by choos-

ing a collection kit that was easy to use, creating user-friendly instructions, and being readily available to answer any

questions they might have. Our experience collecting salivary DNA samples informed a recent pilot effort with WLS

participants to collect microbiome samples. Yes, indeed - stool samples. It was a very complex effort for our head-

quarters staff (project directors, programmers, field supervisors, and intake staff), as well as for our field interviewers.

Yet the effort was quite successful and was recently published in the Journal of Gerontology if you are interested in the

details.

What are some of the latest innovations in the field that you are most excited about?

I am especially excited about multi-disciplinary research partnerships that join survey data with other types of data,

such as biological data and neuroscience. The WLS has and is doing this, as we just discussed. I also direct the Mid-

life in the US (MIDUS) Milwaukee Oversample projects which are under the umbrella of a hugely valuable research

enterprise spanning many fields that provides a massive publically-available dataset on ICPSR website (Interuniversity

Consortium for Political and Social Research). MIDUS is another example of a study that is joining different types of

data to answer large and difficult research questions.

Do you have any advice for current Masters students who are interested in pursuing a career in social science re-

search?

I’d be remiss to answer this without noting the outcome of the November 2016 presidential election and the anti-

science political climate in some states as affecting those of us currently in social science careers and those considering

such a career. These are especially uncertain times when federal and state funding for academic research might be

slashed to the point that we will be forced to cut our staff for the first time in my tenure. I mention this because it is a

real concern that we are discussing. However, foundations and trusts will go on funding research and at least some

amount of government funding will persist. So with that out of the way, my advice would be to weigh the time com-

mitment and cost involved in pursuing a PhD in social science research versus a terminal Masters against potentials

salaries in the field. Unless you complete a PhD with heavy emphasis on survey methodology or statistics, what you

gain in salary level and position might not offset significant student loan debt or years working on a degree compared

to building on-the-job experience and skills. Having served on many hiring committees, someone with a Masters in

Sociology and 3+ years job experience at a survey research firm often is a better fit for a position compared to some-

one with a PhD in Sociology of (Religion, Education, Social Movements, etc.) and little or no experience at a survey

shop. Also, I would encourage students not be shy about reaching out to people like me to ask for an informational

interview. Many alumni would be happy to talk for 10-15 minutes to offer insight – and this is one instance you don’t

have to worry too much about scripting perfect questions.

Tabinda Dar is a current MA student in the Loyola Sociology Department. She received her BA in Sociology from Loyola in 2015.

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Spring came

early and

then

dropped

lake effect

snow, but

Spring

Break, St.

Paddy’s

Day, and

March Mad-

ness offer pleasant distractions. We

are in the midst of a strong academ-

ic year for our Undergraduate Pro-

gram. Our seniors have commence-

ment on their calendars just weeks

away, with a number having pur-

sued honors distinction in the course

of completing their capstone theses.

Our annual Departmental Research

Symposium will be in the Institute

for Environmental Research on Fri-

day, March 24th. Both our under-

graduates and graduate students will

be presenting on their own research

projects; please make a point to

drop by to hear about their projects

and offer constructive feedback. A

program schedule is forthcoming.

Registration for fall courses will

begin on Apr 3rd. I will be making

visits to a number of our current

courses to make announcements

concerning fall course offerings in

our department and answer any

questions people may have about

planning. In addition, we will be

having a day for “Advising Open

House” on Thursday, March 30th.

Between 9am-12pm on that day,

faculty will be at a table in Damen

Student Center; then from 2-4pm

you can find us in Coffey Hall 425.

You can stop by at any point during

these windows of time to ask ques-

tions, get permissions for SOCL

365 signed, and discuss career op-

tions with faculty. Please mark your

calendars and make a point to drop

by during our Advising Open House

on the 30th!

I would also like to advise those of

you early in the process of fulfilling

your sociology major requirements

to take a close look at our other 100

-level courses, our “second tier

core” courses. These courses count

towards the major, are usually

smaller in size than 101 sections, go

more in-depth on particular substan-

tive topics in sociology, and offer

opportunities for closer faculty in-

teraction in the context of a class.

These classes cover topics of broad

interest including: race and ethnicity

(SOCL 122), mass media (SOCL

123), urban sociology (SOCL 125),

sex and gender (SOCL 171).

Finally, our annual end-of-year

Awards Ceremony and Reception

will be in McCormick Lounge in

Coffey Hall from 3-5pm on

Wednesday, May 3rd. Don’t miss

this final, and festive, event of the

year!

U N D E R G R A D U A T E N E W S From Dr. Judson Everitt, Undergraduate Program Director

Zoe VanDeSteeg, senior double major in Sociology

and Political Science placed in the 2016 Illinois Soci-

ological Association undergrad student paper compe-

tition for her paper “Whether and to what extent, does

growing up in a farming community versus an urban

community influence the perception of work ethic in

the millennial generation?”

Milton Doyle, senior , was named

“All Missouri Valley Men’s Bas-

ketball 1st Team” for the 2016-17

season.

Arissa Koines, Catherine Montgomery, Cristina

Rodriguez (SANT) and Silvia Valadez are all

McNair Senior Scholars. Ramiro Jimenez and Alex

Leon (SANT) are McNair Research Scholar s.

Senior, Alejandro Rios has received a graduate assis-

tantship in the Higher Education program at Indiana

University.

Congratulations to the following December 2016 graduates:

Briana Baldwin

Milton Doyle

Padraic O'Hara

Lida Oommen

Alejandro Pinillos

Cassandra Rosario

Sujith Sajan

Nadia Salem

Rebecca Victor

Kudos and Announcements

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President’s Medallion for College of Arts & Sciences

Cristina Rodriguez

Cristina Rodiguez, senior SANT (Sociology & Anthro-

pology) major was presented with the 2016-17 Loyola

University Chicago President’s Medallion for the College

of Arts & Sciences. The President’s Medallion is the

University’s highest award presented each year to one

student in each of the University’s colleges. The award is

given to students who excel in “Leadership, Scholarship

and Service”.

Cristina is a McNair Scholar, a Gannon Scholar, and a

member of the Maroon and Gold Society. She also par-

ticipated in Loyola’s Vietnam study abroad. Read more

about Cristina.

Summer 2017 summer:

Session A, 6 weeks—5/22 to 6/30; Session B, 6 weeks—7/ 5 to 8/11; Session C, 8 weeks—6/5 to 7/28

Courses

Course # Description Meeting Meeting Time Session

Socl 101 Society in a Global Age TWTh 10:45am-

12:55pm

Session A

Socl 123 Mass Media & Popular

Culture

MW 6:00pm-9:15pm Session B

Socl 380 Internship Arranged with

Instructor

Arranged with

Instructor

Session C

Socl 398 Independent Study Arranged with

Instructor

Arranged with

Instructor

Session C

Experiences

Spring Advising Open House

Thursday, March 30th

Damen Student Center (table), 10:00am to 12:00 pm

Coffey 425, 2:00pm to 4:00 pm

Professors will be there to give you information about registering for summer or fall courses,

information on internships and graduate school.

Cristina Rodriguez (left) receives the Presidential medal from Loyola University President Dr. Jo Ann Rooney.

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Mar 24 Sociology Student Research Symposium, 9AM, IES 123/124

Mar 30 Sociology Advising Open House

Damen Student Center, 10AM-12PM

Coffey 425, 2PM-4PM

April 29 Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium,

Roosevelt University, Auditorium Building http://www.caurs.com

April 20-23 Loyola Weekend of Excellence

May 3 Sociology Honors Reception, McCormick Lounge, 3:00PM to 5:00PM

May 12 CAS, “Arts” Commencement, Gentile Arena, 9:30AM

May 20 Fellowship Incentive Grants (FIG)

Prepare an application for competitive national fellowships

http://www.luc.edu/fellowshipoffice/newgrants.shtml

Undergraduate Publishing & Paper Competitions

July 31 The Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography, from Brown University

http://undergraduateethnography.org/

Oct Illinois Sociological Association paper competition

https://illinoissociologicalassociation.wordpress.com/students/paper-competition/

Nov Sociological Insight, from University of Texas

http://sites.utexas.edu/socinsight/

Dates vary National Science Foundation-Research Experience for Undergraduates

See the undergraduate section of the department website and click on “Publishing, Papers,

and other Opportunities” for more details.

Reminder Speaker series open to undergraduates

Master of Urban Affairs and Public Policy (MUAPP) Practitioner Series

http://www.luc.edu/gradschool/MUAPP_events_.shtml

Friday morning seminars ▪ 10:30-12:00 ▪ Center for Urban Research and Learning

Opportunities

Opportunities & Application Deadlines:

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G r a d u a t e R e p o r t

F r o m D r . K e l l y M o o r e , G r a d u a t e P r o g r a m D i r e c t o r Congratulations to Jennifer Cossyleon and Kyle Woolley, who have been

awarded Arthur J. Schmitt Dissertation Fellowships in Leadership and

Service for 2017-2018, and to Steven Tuttle, who has been awarded a

2017-2018 Pre-Doctoral Teaching Fellowship by the Loyola University

Chicago Graduate School! We are very proud of the awardees, who were

selected from among a very impressive group of applicants from our de-

partment and the university. Our students have also been very active in

presenting, publishing, and garnering external grants, as well as working

in internships, as the list below shows. Please meet four of our current

students; you can learn more about our students by visiting our web site,

where students have posted biographies that describe their interests. If

you’re interested in joining our BA/MA, MA or PhD programs, contact Kelly Moore, Graduate Program

Director at kmoore11@luc.edu.

PROFILES

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Meet Our Students!

Fatema Zohara, PhD student

After completing my MA in Sociol-

ogy at DePaul University, I spent a

year in China exploring various as-

pect of the Chinese culture. Upon

my return to the United States, I

started teaching sociology courses

(Introduction to Sociology; Sexuality, Marriage and

Family) at The College of DuPage. Two years of

teaching sociology and a year of living abroad lead me

to Loyola to pursue a PhD in Sociology.

My research interests include ethnicity, discrimina-

tion, religion, immigration, migration patterns and

policy, and culture, with a focus on South Asian iden-

tity. Specifically, I am interested in the ways South

Asians construct their racial and religious identity in

Western societies. I am currently in the process of

starting a project which eventually will turn into my

dissertation. This project will examine how ethnic and

religious origin shape the social identities of first, 1.5

and second generation South Asians in the United

States and Canada.

Dana LaVergne, MA student

I grew up in a small town on Long

Island, and in choosing an under-

graduate college, I knew I wanted to

stay in New York. I attended Elmira

College, where I perused a double

major in Sociology/ Anthropology and Queer Studies.

During my time at Elmira, I held leadership positions

in both the PRIDE and Women and Gender Studies

club, as well as Hillel, the campus literary journal

Sybil, and WECW, the campus radio station.

I came to Loyola to pursue an MA in sociology, with

plans to continue on to a PhD. I am interested in ur-

ban and sexuality studies, with a particular focus on

how institutions shape perceptions of one’s sexual

identity. In my first semester, I wrote a paper on the

performance of sexual identities, which I will be pre-

senting at the meeting of the Midwest Sociological

Society this coming spring. For my thesis, I intend to

examine the ways that queer women navigate relation-

ships with their reproductive healthcare providers. In

my free time, I enjoy reading, studying film theory,

exploring the city, and listening to music.

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Bill Drust, PhD student

My main interests include medical

sociology and my research often

deals with interactions among health

care professionals. This includes un-

derstanding the views and attitudes

held by individuals and groups within each profession

regarding their roles and responsibilities, how these

views affect their working relationships with col-

leagues in other professions, how and why these views

change, and ultimately, how these social interactions

affect the patient experience. Coming from a back-

ground in Science and Technology Studies (STS), I

treat the technological processes and innovations used

by these professionals as additional social actors and

seek to understand the roles these processes take in all

of the above.

In past research, I have investigated the changing

practices and marketing efforts surrounding robotic-

assisted minimally invasive surgery (MIS). I used in-

terviews, content analysis, and observation to compare

the claims made in marketing materials with the

thoughts and experiences of surgeons. My major find-

ing was that the unique benefit of robotic MIS is the

enhancement of surgeons’ embodied experiences of

the surgical process. Most importantly, these enhance-

ments include the prevention of minute amounts of

bleeding in the physician’s magnified field of vision.

While these kinds of improvements may lead to small,

indirect benefits for patients, marketing materials

leave readers with the impression that the robotic pro-

cess is responsible for the many benefits that are at-

tributable to MIS more generally. Furthermore, my

analysis addresses concerns that the advent of robotic

MIS has provided leverage for industry actors to influ-

ence surgical decision making and assume responsibil-

ity for routine organizational tasks in the hospital. In

future research, I hope to focus more on sales repre-

sentatives as a kind of hybrid professional group and

determine the effects of their work on that of the vari-

ous health care professionals involved, including phy-

sicians, nurses, and administrators.

Silvia Valadez, BA/MA student

I am a first generation Latina college

student currently interning at Imer-

man Angels, a non-profit organiza-

tion that works with cancer patients,

caregivers and volunteers who pro-

vide 1-on-1 support. As a Cancer Support Specialist I

facilitate the matching process by analyzing and as-

sessing the needs of those seeking support. Cancer

fighters and loved ones are matched with mentors who

have been through similar cancer experiences to en-

sure the highest quality of support. As a McNair

scholar, I have been involved in an extensive research

project with Dr. Dana Garbarski, examining the barri-

ers and facilitators that shape diverse populations’

participation in medical research. My future career

goals include obtaining an MD/PhD, to become a doc-

tor who takes into consideration the patient's cultural

beliefs, living situation, and socioeconomic status to

customize treatment. I want to work with communities

that suffer from preventable disease while I am prac-

ticing medicine. My goal is to break the cycle where-

by ethnic minorities are the ones who suffer the most

from preventable diseases.

PUBLICATIONS Cossyleon, Jennifer, January 2017 PHD

JOURNAL Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

TITLE 'I Went Through it so You Don't Have To:'

Faith-Based Community Organizing for the

Formerly Incarcerated

CO-AUTHOR Edward O. Flores

NOTES Published Online January 29 DOI: 10.1111/

jssr.12294

INTERNSHIPS Joshua Maximillian Turner, MA

Loyola Office of Student Diversity and Multicultural

Affairs http://www.luc.edu/diversity/about/

Silvia Valadez, BA/MA

Imerman Angels http://imermanangels.org/

PROFILES

PUBLICATIONS ♦ INTERNSHIPS ♦ FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS ♦ PRESENTATIONS

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PUBLICATIONS ♦ INTERNSHIPS ♦ FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS ♦ PRESENTATIONS

EXTERNAL FELLOWSHIPS & GRANTS Jean-Baptiste, Stephanie, November 2016 PHD FUNDING AGENCY Social Science Research Council

PROJECT Representation of Haitian Immigrants

In African American Owned Newspapers

PRESENTATIONS Butler, Joseph

and Carolyn Coles, January 2017 PHD SPONSOR University of Denver, Diversity Summit on Inclu

sive Excellence

TITLE DO THE RIGHT THING: USING CINEMA TO

FIND A FRAMEWORK TO NAVIGATE THAT

AWKWARD MOMENT IN THE CLASSROOM

Chacko, Soulit, February 2017 PHD SPONSOR Sociologists for Women in Society, Albuquerque,

NM

TITLE Immigrant Women Entrepreneurs in the Labor Mar

ket

Cossyleon, Jennifer and Edward Orozco Flores, August 2016 PHD SPONSOR American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA

TITLE Faith-based Community Organizing for and among

the Formerly Incarcerated

COAUTHOR(S) Edward Flores

Dougherty, Beth, August 2016 PHD SPONSOR Association for the Sociology of Religion, Seattle,

WA

TITLE It felt like the moment..." "...our energies rose""

Drust, William, September 2016 PHD

SPONSOR Society for Social Studies of Science (4S) and the

European Association for Science and Technology

Studies (EASST), Barcelona, Spain

TITLE Scrubbing In: The Role of Industry in Robotic Sur

gery

Hernández Vidal, Nathalia,

Judson Everitt and Quintin Williams. August 2016 PHD-

SPONSOR American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA

TITLE Moral Victories: Institutional Experience, Moral

Socialization, and Definitions of Students' Success

across Teacher's Careers

Hernández Vidal, Nathalia, August 2016 PHD SPONSOR International Rural Sociological Association, Toron

to, Canada

TITLE Sowing Political Solidarity Among Peasant Commu

nities: The Story of How Native Seeds are becoming

Seeds of Resistance in Colombia

Hernández Vidal, Nathalia and Kelly Moore September 2016 PHD SPONSOR Society for Social Studies of Science, Barcelona,

Spain

TITLE Unpacking the Past to Anticipate the Future: The

Science of Resilience Post-War Communities

Kaur, Jaspreet & Andrea Bertotti-Metoyer, August 2016 MA SPONSOR American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA-

TITLE Relationship matters: an examination of racial and

educational disparities in unintended pregnancy

COAUTHOR(S) Andrea Bertotti-Metoyer, PhD

Kaur, Jaspreet, February 2017 MA SPONSOR Sociologists for Women in Society, Albuquerque,

NM

TITLE Negotiation of Health Practices: A Transnational

Intersectionality

Miller, Kevin and Kather ine Tyson McCrea, Dakar i

Quimby, Amzie Moore, Darrick Scott, Cordelia

Grimes, Jordan Howard-Wilson, Victoria Smith El

lison, Maryse Richards, September 2016. MA SPONSOR Department of Social Pedagogy, University of Lodz

& ERIS (European Research Institute for Social

Work)

TITLE A Bond as Strong as a Lock and Chain: Cross-Age

Mentoring with Youth in Deep Poverty to Advance

their Human Rights

Miller, Kevin and Cara DiClemente, B.A, Cather ine Rice,

B.A., Dakari Quimby, M.A., Maryse Richards, Ph.D.,

Cordelia Grimes, B.A., Mirinda Morency, B.S., Can

dice White, B.S., Jason Pica II. SPONSOR Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies,

New York, NY

TITLE Resilience in Urban African-American Adolescents:

The Protective Enhancing Effects of Neighborhood,

Family, and School Cohesion Following Violence

Exposure.

Miller, Kevin and Cordelia Gr imes, Victor ia Ellison, Emi

ly Love, Amzie Moore, Carolina Escobar, Maryse

Richards, Katherine Tyson McCrea SPONSOR Society for Social Work and Research Twenty-First

Annual Conference, New Orleans

TITLE A Client Co-Authored Website to Build Peaceful

Empowerment for Youth with Marginalized Identi

ties Who Are Profoundly Disadvantaged.

Tanriverdi, Serhan, October 2016 PHD SPONSOR Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, Atlanta,

GA

TITLE The Exploration of the Politics and Ideas of New

Muslim Reformers: The Emergence of Islamic

Modernism in America

Tuttle, Steven

and Peter Rosenblatt, August 2016 PHD-SPONSOR Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP),

Seattle, WA

TITLE Gentrifying the Urban Imaginary: Shifting Media

Representations of Race and Place in Four Chicago

Neighborhoods

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ANNOUNCEMENTS ♦ PRESENTATIONS ♦ PUBLICATIONS♦ AWARDS

Wilcoxson, Anna and Kelly Moore, February 2017 MA SPONSOR Eastern Sociological Society

TITLE The Art of Resistance: Denial of Authority and

Creative Activities Among Participants in a Culinary

Re-Entry Program

Williams, Cameron November 2016 PHD SPONSOR The Association for Humanist Sociology, Denver,

CO

TITLE Majority-Minority Cities and Public Housing

Williams, Quintin, Judson Ever itt

& Nathalia Hernández Vidal, August 2016 PHD SPONSOR American Sociological Association, Seattle, WA-

TITLE Moral Victories: Institutional Experience, Moral

Socialization, and Definitions of Students' Success

across Teacher's Careers

Williams, Quintin, August 2016 PHD SPONSOR Association for the Sociology of Religion, Seattle,

WA

TITLE The Impact of Religious Tradition and Practice on

Views of Police Use of Force

Zohara, Fatema, February 2017 PHD SPONSOR Sociologists for Women in Society, Albuquerque,

NM

TITLE Discrimination and Ethnic Identity Construction

Among South Asian Muslims

Graduate Student Association

http://www.luc.edu/sociology/gas.shtml

The Graduate Student Association is the organiza-

tion in charge of planning social and academic

events for the graduate students in the Sociology

Department.. Contact G.S.A. (socgsa@luc.edu) if

you’re interested in joining us, or have an idea for an

event!

Representatives:

Bill Drust

Dana LaVergne

Melissa Kinsella

Jaspreet Kaur Megan Klein (right) receives the Presidential medal from Loyola

University President Dr. Jo Ann Rooney.

CURL Fellows:

Chrissy Breit

PhD Student

Bill Byrnes

PhD Student

Jennifer Cossyleon

PhD Student

Jonathan Neidorf

MA Student

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ANNOUNCEMENTS ♦ PRESENTATIONS ♦ PUBLICATIONS♦ AWARDS

I started going to Peru as an undergraduate student participating in an ABI. I have lived in

Peru three different times. My dissertation is based on research I have conducted in the

same neighborhood I volunteered in as an undergraduate. My research focuses on commu-

nity activism around access to water and sewage infrastructures.

Each summer for the past six years I have had the privilege of participating in Creighton

University’s Faculty-Led Program Abroad in Lima, Peru. This is a six-credit community-based learning

class that I developed with members of Creighton’s Departments of Theology and Modern Languages.

Students spend five weeks living and working in an urban community on Lima’s south side. During the

morning, they accompany Peruvians at a various community based organizations that range from commu-

nity clinics, kitchens and child care centers. In the afternoon, the students take classes in Spanish, theolo-

gy and sociology that are oriented toward addressing many of the social problems they see during their

mornings. During the evening students either participate in group reflections or stay with host families in

the neighborhoods. Over the last two weeks of the program we travel to the region of Ayacucho where the

students accompany the Jesuits and learn about their social ministries and also study the 20-year conflict

between the Peruvian state and the Shining Path insurgency that took the lives of 70,000 Peruvians. This

year 20 students from Creighton and a few other Jesuit universities will participate in the program.

Social Justice in Peru By Kyle Woolley (Loyola Sociology PhD Candidate)

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Patricia Carter (1964) also at-

tended the Loyola Rome Center her

junior year at Loyola. Since her col-

lege graduation, she relocated to the

Bay Area of California, attended

law school for a year, and went on

to graduate school to secure an

MBA in Human Resource Manage-

ment. Patricia worked in HR for

Levi Strauss & Co., Xerox, and Pit-

ney Bowes before retiring to the

wine country of Sonoma and work-

ing part time in the wine indus-

try. She is enjoying retirement.

Mike Nolan (Niles College 1973)

At the end of February, 2017, he

will have completed his 41st year

working for the Social Security Ad-

ministration as a Social Insurance

Representative bringing the Social

Security Act to the public. Having

grown up in the 60’s, it was a natu-

ral fit !!

The various Titles of the Social Se-

curity Act are the major threads of

the safety-net our society has man-

dated its government to provide,

including our social insurance pro-

grams, Medicare, Medicaid, AFDC

(Aid to Families with Dependent

Children), SSI (Supplemental Secu-

rity Income) for the aged, blind, and

disabled, etc.

Joan Pernecke (Mundelein 1977)

has been serving as the Chief of the

Child Protection Division for the

Cook County State's Attorney's Of-

fice since 2007, after having worked

as a Supervisor in the Delinquency

Division since 2003 and in the Felo-

ny Trial Division since 1992. I

joined the State's Attorney's Office

in 1989 to lead the Domestic Vio-

lence unit at 13th and Michigan.

Joan also serves as the Chairperson

of the Illinois Child Death Review

Executive Council and Chairperson

of the Cook A Team. This statutori-

ly mandated group reviews all

deaths of DCFS involved youth and

other concerning deaths at our dis-

cretion.

Kirstin Polley Stone (1986) has a

consulting career implementing fi-

nancial systems where she uses her

sociology background every day.

She travels for work, so she con-

stantly encounters new "corporate"

cultures and has to socialize them

during the implementation process.

Her work is both quantitative and

qualitative, just like her education at

Loyola. Kristin got her masters in

accounting at DePaul University.

Kristin often joked that she must be

nomad because of how much she

likes to travel for my work. She was

recently surprised to find out from

DNA testing that she has Aborigi-

nal heritage

Mike Maly (PhD-1998), was pro-

moted to Full Professor of Sociolo-

gy at Roosevelt University in Spring

of 2016. In January of 2017, Dr.

Maly accepted the role of Associate

Professor of Research and Faculty

Success at Roosevelt.

Kristin Blakely (PhD, 2008)

teaches in the Department of Sociol-

ogy at York University's bilingual

college, Glendon, as well as in the

Department of Continuing Studies

at the University of Toronto.

She is a Director of the Canadian

Women's Foundation and currently

chairs their National Teen Healthy

Relationships Advisory Committee.

Omar Aquino (2009)

was elected State Sena-

tor of the 2nd district of

the State of Illinois.

Omar was sworn in on

Jan 11, 2017.

Michael Malec (1962), received the Boston College Annual Community Service Award, pre-

sented by the Office of Governmental and Community Affairs,. The award honors “a Boston

College employee whose actions exemplify the Jesuit spirit of community service and involve-

ment”.

Dr. Malec, an Associate Professor of Sociology has been at Boston College for 48 years. He

has organized several service trips to San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua with faculty and students.

They have installed ecological water filters and stoves in rural homes and schools, and aided

local health outreach. He also has helped to maintain and expand the sister city project between

San Juan del Sur and Newton, MA..

Dr. Malec (right) with Boston College President William P. Leahy, S.J

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Derrick Brooms,

(PhD-2010) Associate

Professor of Sociolo-

gy at University of

Louisville, has pub-

lished Being Black,

Being Male on Campus: Under-

standing and Confronting Black

Male Collegiate Experiences

(Albany, NY: SUNY Press,

2017).

Jack Lofgren (2011) recently

moved to Washington, DC. He was

based in Chicago as a member of

Hillary Clinton's Midwest Fundrais-

ing staff for her presidential cam-

paign. Jack accepted a position as

Deputy Finance Director for Tom

Perriello's campaign for Virginia

governor.

Diana Therese M. Veloso (PhD-

2012), is an Assistant Professor at

the Behavioral Science Department

of De La Salle University in the

Philippines. She is now a tenured

faculty member and the Graduate

Studies Program Coordinator of her

department. She recently published

a research brief entitled, “Of Culpa-

bility and Entrapment: The Narra-

tives of Women Formerly on Death

Row in the Philippines,” with Asia-

Pacific Social Science Review. She

served as a consultant in a UNICEF-

funded evaluation of programs and

facilities for children in conflict

with the law (CICL) in the Philip-

pines; the evaluation report received

a rating of “Outstanding, Best Prac-

tice,” from the UNICEF Evaluation

Office through its Global Evaluation

Reports Oversight System. She has

also conducted two research pro-

jects on gender-based violence in

conflict zones and post-conflict set-

tings in the Southern Philippines.

Thomas Josephsohn (PhD 2012)

is Vice President of Research and

Insights at “Minding your Own

Business” in Chicago.

Todd Fuist (PhD-2013) will be

Assistant Professor of Sociology at

Illinois Wesleyan University begin-

ning Fall 2017.

Julie Hilvers (PhD- 2014) was

promoted to Director of the Policy

Research Collaborative (PRC) at

Roosevelt University in January.

Kathleen Flores (2016) recently

started working at Season's Hospice

and Palliative Care in Rosemont, IL.

She is part of the Finance depart-

ment and is in charge of billing for

self-pay patients. Kathleen had a bit

of background of working in a

healthcare setting throughout her

college career, She is happy to gain

more experience in a different area

of this field. She is hoping that this

raises her interest in pursuing a mas-

ter's degree in healthcare admin-

istration in the future.

Courtney Irby (PhD-2016) will

be Assistant Professor of Sociology

at Illinois Wesleyan University be-

ginning Fall 2017.

Jenna Ofenloch (MA-2016) Ac-

cepted a job offer to be a child ther-

apist at the New York Foundling.

She will travel to kid's homes in

Brooklyn to conduct sessions in an

effort to keep the family happy and

healthy and the children out of the

foster care system.

Alumni Outreach

Send all news to:

Stephanie DeCaluwe at

Sociology@luc.edu

To access Loyola’s Alumni Directo-

ry log into your directory profile to

revise your information and never

miss the latest news from your alma

mater at http://LUC.edu/alumni/

directory. For other alumni ques-

tions, please contact luc.edu/alumni

Leticia Nieto, Director of Alumni Relations

Loyola Sociology Alum (2003)

Invites you to:

Loyola Alumni Weekend June 10, 2017

More Information

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From Refugee to Teaching Sociology

Alma Begičević is a part-time sociology instructor at Loyola

University Chicago. She is teaching Society in a Global Age

(Sociology 101) where she also introduces her students to

the concept of human rights.

Alma is originally from Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

She came to the United States in 1994 as a refugee, surviv-

ing a genocidal war. It is estimated that: 100,000 Bosnians

were murdered, over 2 million people— almost half of total

Bosnian population became refugees, 518,000 persons were

internally displaced and over 20,000 Bosnian women, girls,

and men were victims of systematic rape-as a weapon of

war. This was the deadliest war in Europe since

the Holocaust.

Alma holds B.A cum laude honors in Sociolo-

gy from Loyola University Chicago.

Her thesis advisor was Professor Lauren Lang-

man and the academic advisor Professor Anne

Figert. She earned master’s degree from the

University of Chicago, Committee on Interna-

tional Relations with the main concentration in

International Law and Human Rights. Alma

has extensive experience in human rights: she

represented the U.S. Government as the tech-

nical human rights expert with the U.N. Mis-

sion in Kosovo and as the chief of anti-

trafficking advisor with the Department of Hu-

man Rights and Rule of Law, at the Organiza-

tion for Security and Co-operation in Europe.

Alma Begičević is at the final stages of the

PhD program in socio-legal studies at the Uni-

versity of Melbourne, Australia. She expects

to graduate in August of this year. Her work

examines transitional justice (post-conflict jus-

tice) and Bosnian victims’ right to remedy,

focusing on grave violations of human rights.

Alma is particularly engaged in studying soci-

ology of money and exploring the link be-

tween monetary reparation and justice in capi-

talist societies.

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Rosa Negussie, long time Program Assistant for the Sociology Graduate Program retired in January. Below

are some photos from her retirement party.

Department Photos

Holiday Party

Rosa and Quintin William converse at the retirement party while other guests enjoy refreshments.

Jaspreet Kaur, Dana LaVergne, Rosa Negussie & Melissa Kinsella

Jaspreet Kaur, Bill Drust, Melissa Kinsella, Fatima Zohara Quintin Williams, Chrissy Breit, Jonathan Neidorf

Cameron Williams, Stephanie Jean-Baptiste, Soulit Chacko Marilyn Krogh, Ashley Gerson, Kathleen Maas Weigert

Jennifer Cossyleon & daughter Evelyn, Nathalia Vidal Hernandez Peter Rosenblatt with son, Gabe

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Wed., Mar 24 Student Research Symposium IES 123/124 9:00—3:00

Thurs, Mar 30 Undergraduate Advising Open House Damen Student Ctr 10:00 - 12:00

Undergraduate Advising Open House Coffey Room 425 2:00 - 4:00

Fri, Apr 7 Phil Nyden Retirement Panel/Reception 4th floor IC 3:00—4:30

Piper Hall 5:00—7:00

Apr 20—23 Loyola Weekend of Excellence

Wed., May 4 Honors Reception McCormick Lounge 3:00—5:00

Tues., May 9 Graduate School Commencement Gentile Arena 3:00 pm

Fri., May 12 CAS, Undergrad Arts Commencement Gentile Arena 9:30 am

June 10 Alumni Weekend

Phil Nyden Retirement After 38 years at Loyola, Dr. Nyden is retiring. “Dr. Nyden has been a faculty member in the depart-

ment since 1979 and was appointed as Director of the Loyola University Center for Urban Research

and Learning (CURL) in January 1996.

There will be a retirement panel and reception on Friday, April 7th.

Panel 3:00-4:30pm, Information Commons, 4th Floor

Now More Than Ever: University-Community Collaborative Research for Positive Change

Michael J. Garanzini, SJ , Chancellor , Loyola University Chicago

Jennifer Chernega, Associate Professor , Winona State University; Former CURL Commu-

nity Research Coordinator

Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, Professor , Occupational Therapy, College of Applied Health Sciences, University

of Illinois Chicago; Former CURL Faculty Fellow and faculty member in Loyola’s Psychology Department

Jennifer Ritter, Executive Director , ONE Northside; Community par tner in CURL research projects

Christine George, Associate Research Professor , CURL

Retirement Reception, 5:00-7:00pm, Piper Hall

Light Refreshments will be served

RSVP is required by March 31st. Space is limited.